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QCYC History
Canada
Registrace 18. 08. 2022
During the 19th century, the purpose of sailing shifted from trade and defense to recreation, and a series of yacht clubs were established in Toronto Harbour. The second of these, Queen City Yacht Club (QCYC), was formed on August 15, 1889. Originally located on the Toronto Canoe Club wharf, between Simcoe and York Streets, the QCYC immediately began holding weekly races during the sailing months.
In 1902, a new clubhouse was designed by club member and prominent Toronto architect E.J. Lennox and built on the Argonaut Rowing Club Wharf at the base of York Street which would be currently located under the Gardiner Expressway due to infilling. Plans for the club to move to Sunfish (later Algonquin) Island were expedited in 1920, when the clubhouse sank into the harbour. The following year, the Club moved to its current location. Founded as a "cooperatively-run club accessible to ordinary men," QCYC has been instrumental in the development of Toronto's sailing culture.
In 1902, a new clubhouse was designed by club member and prominent Toronto architect E.J. Lennox and built on the Argonaut Rowing Club Wharf at the base of York Street which would be currently located under the Gardiner Expressway due to infilling. Plans for the club to move to Sunfish (later Algonquin) Island were expedited in 1920, when the clubhouse sank into the harbour. The following year, the Club moved to its current location. Founded as a "cooperatively-run club accessible to ordinary men," QCYC has been instrumental in the development of Toronto's sailing culture.
2012 Launch of Kittiwake at QCYC
The movies shows the launch of Kittiwake at 37' Hunter Legend sailboat from the yard of QCYC in 2012. The marine railway was originally constructed on Algonquin Island (then Sunfish) in 1921 using donated rails and equipment from RCYC. The railway was oriented in an West/East direction. It was rebuilt abut a decade later in a North/South direction to provide more protection to the boats on haul-out and launch. The boats are stored in the winter on cradles made of wood or metal. The cradles are hauled using ropes and hot lard for lubrication onto a marine railway car and secured to the car. The cradle with the boat then travels down the railway into the lagoon and launched. In the fall the reverse is performed to haul the boats out. The railway went through a major rebuild in 2005. The Yard can hold between 90 and 110 boats. A boat can be launch or hauled every 15 minutes on average.
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1972 Peter Broecker videos of dredging along with photos from Ron Mazza
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Moving sand from the pile dredged up to deepen the moorings near the Algonquin bridge. That's why there is a mound at the end of Blue Section in that grove of trees. Note the first picture taken by Ron Mazza of the area on the north side of the lagoon just to the East of the Algonquin Island bridge. The area is perfectly flat. The sand was used to fill in the area in front of the dinghy shed to...
1956 Breaking the Lens Barrier QCYC
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This film was presented to the Club membership in 1956 by Blake Van Winkle (Secretary 1920-23, Commodore 1935-39), John Welsh (Commodore 1955-56) and Al Rae Snr. (Commodore 1943-44 and 1964-65) and covers a 10 year period (1945-55). In the opening sequences there is a shot of the Motor Yacht Rip VII which belonged to Blake Van Winkle that appears to be anchored in a Sailpast which might indicat...
1940s Passenger ship coming through the Eastern Gap into Toronto Harbour
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1940s Passenger ship coming through the Eastern Gap into Toronto Harbour
1940s Ned Hanlan returning to City of Toronto in winter
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Ned Hanlan tug returning to the City of Toronto docks. Show the intensive use of coal for heating and industry in Toronto.
1940s Toronto Islands in winter
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Shots of streets and buildings in winter on the Toronto Islands. Includes the main street Manitou Road and the Lakeshore with the summer mansions of the wealthy Torontonians.
1940s Ned Hanlan tug and the Toronto Islands in winter
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This is a video of the Ned Halan tug boat bringing people to the Toronto Islands in winter most likely in the late 1940s. It has shots of houses, lagoons, and the Gibraltar Point light house. Note the use of coal and the resulting pollution.
1950s Toronto Island parade on Algonquin Island
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1950s Toronto Island parade on Algonquin Island
1950s playing hockey and skating by the Algonquin Island bridge
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1950s playing hockey and skating by the Algonquin Island bridge
1950s video of Ned Hanlan tug in winter delivering people and goods to the Toronto Islands
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At the end of the video is a picture of the tug taken in 2012 at Halan's Point on the Toronto Islands
1950s shots of QCYC Lagoon and sailing
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The clips show the use of med moorings in the lagoon between Ward's and Algonquin Islands and access to boat via boarding platforms. I do not know who shot the film and the 1950s is an estimate based on observations on what was shot.
1960s Fred Mazza's 6 Metre yacht Kitsitta shot by Ron Mazza
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Fred Mazza purchased Kitsitta a converted 6 Metre in the 1960s and sailed her for several seasons out of Queen City in the local LORC weekend regattas against a rag tag collection of P-boats, R-Boats, and other miscellaneous keel boats with his twin sons Ron and Rob. Also on the video is a shot of the Roamer in the yard, an early Club tender.
1960s QCYC Regatta shot by Ron Mazza
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The video contains shots of the Roamer an early Club tender, Chucky Joe a large tug belonging to Ken Sinclair who delivered oil to Island homes, and the Gooderam fountain in front of the Club house.
1960s around Queen City Yacht Club shot by Ron Mazza
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Shots include launching and sailing of dinghies (some in high winds, loss of rudder, bailing etc), shot of a fairly new Ongiara Ferry (built in 1963), new restaurant at QCYC, new roof on the dinghy shed extension with Arthur Earle, Peter Jones, Al Rae Jr. and Johnny Lye and launch sequence which if very much the way we launch boats at QCYC today.
1961 Multihull Regatta QCYC shot by Ron Mazza
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Rare footage of a regatta of multihull boats held at Queen City Yacht Club in 1961
1961 QCYC Junior Club filmed by Ron Mazza
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1961 QCYC Junior Club filmed by Ron Mazza
1950s Labatt's TV Commercial featuring Fred Mazza's yacht Kitsitta
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1950s Labatt's TV Commercial featuring Fred Mazza's yacht Kitsitta
1959 Royal Yacht Britannia visit to Toronto
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1959 Royal Yacht Britannia visit to Toronto
1987 Interview with Al Rae Jnr and Peter Jones on the International 14s at QCYC
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1987 Interview with Al Rae Jnr and Peter Jones on the International 14s at QCYC
Late 1940s ACL movie A Yachtsman's Dream shot by E A Rutland at QCYC
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Late 1940s ACL movie A Yachtsman's Dream shot by E A Rutland at QCYC
1976 No Waste Discharge Protest lead by Al Rae Snr Hamilton
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1976 No Waste Discharge Protest lead by Al Rae Snr Hamilton
1950s Al Rae Jr In his first International 14 dingy KC 107
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1950s Al Rae Jr In his first International 14 dingy KC 107
1950s QCYC Awards night on the front lawn of the club
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1950s QCYC Awards night on the front lawn of the club
1940s dredging of channel between Algonquin and Wards Islands
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1940s dredging of channel between Algonquin and Wards Islands
1940s Wards Island ferry departing from Wards Island ferry dock
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1940s Wards Island ferry departing from Wards Island ferry dock
1940s Preparing for launch and sprucing the club up at QCYC
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1940s Preparing for launch and sprucing the club up at QCYC
1939 Babson Trophy International Tumlaren Sailing Competition
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1939 Babson Trophy International Tumlaren Sailing Competition
I wonder if that was the ill-fated Noronic that burned in 1949?
If you put the video at 1.5 speed, I think thats the orginal speed it should be viewed at, normal is a bit slowed down.
Thanks for this! My father built KC 9, KC 99 and KC426 and I briefly owned a B14 which I believe belonged to Mazza at some point..So pretty cool to watch, not sure how the YT algorithm came up with this, very interesting for me though, please post more if there is any.
Interesting, talk about a "boom town" compare that with Toronto's skyline, today.